Description / Abstract:

REISSUANCE AND PURPOSE

This Instruction:

Reissues Reference (a) as an Instruction in accordance with the
guidance in Reference (b) and the authority in Reference (c) and
reissues policy and responsibilities for the management of the DoD
Chemical Agent Security Program.

Establishes the minimum standards for securing and safeguarding
Schedule 1 chemical agents as defined by the Chemical Weapons
Convention (CWC) (Reference (d)) (hereafter referred to as
"chemical agents"), above the dilute solution concentration and
total quantity restrictions as defined by the Assistant to the
Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological
Defense Programs (ATSD(NCB)), and in the custody or possession of
the Department of Defense.

Establishes the criteria for personnel reliability regarding
chemical agents including requirements for the Chemical Personnel
Reliability Program (CPRP).

Permits the use of chemical agents for bona fide research and
other peaceful purposes permitted by the CWC.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military
Departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the
Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field
Activities, and all other organizational entities in the Department
of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD
Components") that furnish, have custody, or have possession of
Schedule 1 chemical agents for research, medical, pharmaceutical,
training, and/or protective purposes.

Contractors and consultants requiring access to DoD chemical
agents, who shall be assigned the requirements of this Instruction
through appropriate contract clauses.

Provision of DoD chemical agents to non-DoD entities including
Small Business Innovative Research Agreements and memorandums of
agreement with other research partners and government agencies that
involve furnished DoD chemical agents for a DoD effort. Such
provision will be according to guidance to be published by
ATSD(NCB).